Liquid-soap container.



W. WILLIAMS.

LIQUID SOAP CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED 110V. 2, 1909.

984,630. PatentedFbi 21, 1911.

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WALTER WIIJLIAMS, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR .TO PATRICK J; WALSH,OF

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LIQUID-SOAP 'C OINTAINER. I

Specification of Letters Patent Patented l eb. 21, 191 1.

Ap plicatio n filed November 8, 1909. Serial No. 526,711.

To ollwhom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, WALTER \VILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at 'Detroit, in the county of 'lVayne, State of Icompanyingdrawings, andto the figures of; reference marked thereon,which form a Th1s invention relates to "a container, and consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more pointed outparticularly in the claims. I i Y Th'e object of the invention is toprovide a simple and comparatively inexpensive con 'tainer of thecharacter described, wherein the arrangement 1s such as to enablea givenquantity of'the fiuidcontents of the con tainer'tobe discharged fromtimeto time as itmay be required for use, provision be ing made forf'automatically stopping the flow of liquid ,from the container after theoperation of the gravity valve in discharging a quantity ofliquidjtherefrom.

The above object is attained by the mech anism illustrated inQ the.accompanyingdraw ings, in which Figure l is' a side elevation {of aliquid soap container involvingmy invention, some of the parts .being insection'to' show the construction and arrangement thereof. Fig. 2 1s ah0r1zontal section as on line 2'2 of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is an elevation ofthe socket member'whichcarries the bracket on which the container issupported.

Referring to the characters of reference 1 designates a globular bodyformed preferably of glass andadaptedto contain liquid soap. Formed inthe bottom ornnder side of said container s an jopenmg 2 whlchjri s'closed by a circular disk 3 having an annularflange 4 which embraces'andis permanently secured to the neck 5 surrounding said discharge opening.The exterior of the disk'3 is threaded and screwed thereon is adepending houfsing 6 having a space 7 therein which forms a measuringchamber. Through the lower end of the housing-6 is a discharge opening 8and surrounding said liquid soap opening within the housing is a valveseat '9 of soft metal, such 'as lead or analogous 'material. a WVithinthe measuring "chamber and normally lying upon the valve seat 9 is theballvalve 10 having a straight stem 11 depending therefrom whichprojects throughthe discharge opening 8 and carries upon its lower end aknob 12. The ball-valve I0 is,

comparatively large and will be formed of upon its seat and prevent theflow of'liquid thereby, except at such times'as'the valve may be raised.In the disk 3'directly'over the material of high specific gravity sothat its 'weight will normally'be sufficient to hold it valve 10 is abeveled openingf13 throughi the seat 9, the chamber 7 will fill withfluid from the container so that when the valve is 'raised by'an upwardpressure upon the stem 11, the contents of said chamberwill bedischargedthrough the opening 8 onto the hand, which in operating thevalve'is'pressed palm upward against'the knob 12.Asthe valve is raisedtopermit the liquidito flow from the chamber 7, it is carried into con=tact with the seatsurrounding the opening 13, thereby preventing afurther flow of fluid from said chamber until released. By thisarrangement there is discharged fromsaid chamber each time the valve islifted,

only the fluid which has previously filled said chamber, therebymeasuring the quan tity which is discharged from the container" at eachoperation. Upon releasing the valve,

it falls toits seat, thereby preventing a fur-' 'ther flow of liquidfr'omthe chamber 7 and allowing the chamber to refill througlrtheopening 13. To prevent-a possible sticking of'the valve and to insureits quick' retur-n when released,- a -helical spring 145] is employedwhich is attached at-15 to the ball-= valve at one end, and which at theother end bears against the under face of the disk-3 around the opening13. This spring is slightly compressed when the ball is raised and thetension exerted therebyv assists in returning the valve to its seat whenreleased. r

Surrounding the globular body of the container are the parallel beads 16forming a channel thereb'etween. Lying in saidchan ml and embracing onehalf of the globular body are the bracket arms 17 which serve to supportthe container in position. The arms 17 are in the form of curved forksand extending. horizontally front the junction thereof is a cylindricalstem 18. Secured to a fixed support is a conical socket member 19 havingtherein a-socket which receives the stem 18 which, is fitted therein torevolve ing it outwardly so as to free the ends of the pin 21 from thenotches 20, when said stem may be rotated to" place the housing 6uppermost, and it may be unscrewed and removed with the valve 10 toenable the container to be filled through the opening 13,

after which said housing with the 'valve therein is screwed into placeand the con-- tainer restored to its normal position. In order. to holdthe stem inwardly so that the ends of the pin 21 shall be yieldinglyheld within the'notches 20, a coiled spring 22 is seen ed to the innerend of the stem 18 by l screw 23, or other suitable means, the other endof said spring being caused to engage the annular shoulder 24 within thesocket. member surrounding the socket in which said stem lies, wherebyan inward pressure is always exerted upon said stem to hold the ends ofthe pin in the notches 20. By pulling outwardly upon the container, thetension of the spring 22 may be overcome and the stem 18 drawnlongitudinally through the socket member such distance as to free theends'of the pin from the notches 20, as shown in Fig. 2, enabling thecontainer to be inverted, when by releasing the cut ward "strain uponthe container, the. tension of the spring will be exerted to withdrawthe s em into the socket member, causing the ends of the pin. 21 toreenter the notches and lock the container in that position. Should itbe desired to rigidly lock the stem against movement in the socketmember, the set-screw 25 threaded in the wall of said member may bescrewed inwardly against saidstem. i

To enable the container to be removed from the bracket arms 17, asemicirculan strap 26 is employed which is hinged at its :nds as shownat 27, to the ends of said arms.

ing in the bottom thereof.

By removing the pintle of one of said hinges, the strap 26 may. be swungoutwa-rdly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to permit the containerto be removed.

Havin thus fully set forth my invention, what I c aim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A liquid soap container and dispenser comprising a reservoir, ameasuring chamher on the lower side of said reservoir, the upper wall ofthe measuring chamber having an induct opening connecting the reservoirwith the interior of said chamber, the bottom o f said chamber having adischarge opening therethrough, a weighted ball valve within saidchamber having a stem of less area than said discharge openingprotruding therethrough, a valve seat within the measuring chamberaround. thedischarge opening, a valve seat in the under face of theupper wall of the chamber around the induct opening, said ball valve'normally closing the discharge opening and adapted when raised from itsseat to hean the upper valve seat and close the induct opening, and aspring through which the ball valve protrudes confined between the upperportion of said ball and the under face of the upper wall of themeasuring chamber around the upper valve seat.

2. A liquid soap container anddispn'ser comprisinga reservoir having abottom therein with a flaring opening therethrough, a housing below said'bottom' forming a measuring chamber with which the opening in saidbottom communicates, discharge opening through said measuring chamber invertical alinement with the opening in said bottom, a valve seat around'said discharge openin a weighted ball valve in said chamber adapted tonormally lie upon said seat, said valve having adepending stem whichpasses through saidopening and through the medium of which saidyalve maybe raised, theball valve when lifted fitting into ,the flaring openingin the bottom of the reservoir to cutoff the flow of liquid therethroughand permitting the liquid in the chamber to'fiow out of said dischargeopening, a helical spring attached to and embracing the upper portion of,said' ball and through which said ball protrudes, said spring engagingthe under face ofthe bottom of the reservoir a'round the flaring open-WALTER WILLIAMS.

Witnesses i E. S. WHEELER I. G. HowLET'r.

